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Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.
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Local authorities in Cameroon do not strictly enforce environmental regulations for mining companies, and nationwide legislation on the matter has not yet been completed. The post The Stream, March 1, 2023: Okefenokee Swamp, Among World’s Largest Freshwater Wetlands, Threatened by Proposed Mine appeared first on Circle of Blue.
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AngloGold Ashanti responded that the mine would not damage water bodies and that the company would work with regulators to resume the project. An investigation by the non-profit news site CalMatters found that California send a large portion of its hazardous waste to facilities in other states that have weaker environmental rules.
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The notice said to contact the DEP Northwest Regional Waste Management Program-- Christina Wilhelm-- at: ra-epnwrowasteprog@pa.gov. ( Tamaqua Transfer & Recycling Station: DEP invites comments on a renewal of a waste permit for the facility located in Walker Twp., Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations?
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Department of the Treasury is hosting a public hearing on the December 2023 proposed regulations governing implementation of the Section 45V Credit for Production of Clean Hydrogen. The proposed regulations clearly adhere to that framework, fully comporting with a plain reading of the text.
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million litres of industrial waste into the environment. The Alberta Energy Regulator has shown us over and over that it is willfully neglecting to keep us safe from toxic waste and pollution. million litres of industrial waste. One of the incidents spilled 5.3 The tar sands’ tailings “ponds” now contain over 1.4
The EPA Administrator discusses farm issues with state agricultural regulators. The Bureau released new projections that showed a one-in-three chance that Lake Powell, absent interventions, will be low enough in 2023 that it will not be able to generate hydropower. The waste is stored at 75 nuclear power sites in the country.
DEP originally issued violations for these infractions on February 13, 2023 and the owner did nothing. The original well abandonment violations were issued on October 4, 2023. DEP’s inspection report continues the well abandonment violation. McMurtrie 1 -- Allegheny County, Crescent Twp.: Read more here.
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